bungeejumper wrote:Another incisive little gem from the New Yorker piece:Another “mission specialist” wrote in a blog post that, a month before the implosion, Rush had confessed that he’d “gotten the carbon fiber used to make the Titan at a big discount from Boeing because it was past its shelf-life for use in airplanes.”
BJ
Which kind of paints the "they knew what they were getting in to" stuff I've heard about the victims in a slightly different light.
I can't help but think they had ultimately been mis-sold the experience despite whatever waivers they had signed.